Demxx started with store in Parksville area
If you’re familiar with the eclectic commercial strip between Parksville and Coombs, you’ve probably noticed Demxx and the sprawling retail yard overflowing with everything from fencing and windows to reclaimed old-growth fir and clawfoot bathtubs.
“We’ve been growing like an invasive weed … that’s a good complaint,” says David Behan, who owns Demxx with his wife, Sharla Behan. The Cobble Hill location on Fisher Road off the Trans-Canada is expected to open in the spring with a 27,500-square-foot, three-level store. The top two levels will be dedicated to all-wood furniture and cabinets and other home decor, while the ground floor will have lumber, windows and doors, metal products and other construction materials.“We don’t carry what everyone else carries, and we don’t care if it’s new or used,” said Behan.
This summer, Demxx has rounded, clawfoot bathtubs stacked high. They’re classed as B-grades, meaning there are imperfections in the finish, and selling for between $575 and $875. But similar new tubs go for thousands of dollars, Behan said. Behan said the company always has the staple building products, “but we never know what we’re going to get.Demxx also buys surplus materials from large construction projects such as new schools and residential apartment blocks. It has also taken inventory from Lowe’s as it transitions from the Rona brand.He said old-growth timber is always in demand, especially in the U.S., where Behan can sell up to 200,00o board-feet at a time to U.S. buyers.
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